Allan Cox

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Allan Cox is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Geophysics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Allan Cox has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Molecular Biology, 65 papers in Geophysics and 55 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Allan Cox's work include Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (78 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (53 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (42 papers). Allan Cox is often cited by papers focused on Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (78 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (53 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (42 papers). Allan Cox collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Belgium. Allan Cox's co-authors include Richard R. Doell, G. Brent Dalrymple, Richard G. Gordon, Clyde Wahrhaftig, Monte Marshall, David C. Engebretson, Richard J. Blakely, Charles R. Denham, Robert W. Simpson and Amos Nur and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Allan Cox

96 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

ROCK GLACIERS IN THE ALASKA RANGE 1959 2026 1981 2003 1959 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. ROCK GLACIERS IN THE ALASKA RANGE
    1959 419 citations Allan Cox et al. Geological Society of America Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Allan Cox United States 48 4.4k 4.2k 3.9k 753 584 99 6.8k
P. L. McFadden Australia 31 4.8k 1.1× 4.3k 1.0× 2.9k 0.8× 801 1.1× 230 0.4× 63 6.2k
E. Irving Canada 47 6.1k 1.4× 5.8k 1.4× 4.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 173 0.3× 187 8.4k
William Lowrie Switzerland 47 5.0k 1.1× 4.4k 1.0× 3.6k 0.9× 552 0.7× 297 0.5× 105 7.4k
M. W. McElhinny Australia 58 7.4k 1.7× 7.0k 1.7× 5.0k 1.3× 1.8k 2.4× 484 0.8× 143 10.2k
Robert S. Coe United States 48 7.4k 1.7× 5.4k 1.3× 4.8k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 502 0.9× 150 9.8k
G. Brent Dalrymple United States 50 6.0k 1.4× 1.5k 0.3× 3.9k 1.0× 720 1.0× 823 1.4× 130 8.3k
K. M. Creer United Kingdom 35 1.7k 0.4× 2.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 256 0.3× 192 0.3× 114 3.2k
N. D. Watkins United States 34 2.2k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 254 0.3× 171 0.3× 98 3.6k
J. A. Tarduno United States 42 3.1k 0.7× 2.9k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 464 0.6× 618 1.1× 140 5.0k
D. H. Tarling United Kingdom 32 2.8k 0.6× 2.3k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 473 0.6× 93 0.2× 147 4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Allan Cox

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Fields of papers citing papers by Allan Cox

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allan Cox

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Allan Cox. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Allan Cox based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Allan Cox. Allan Cox is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Yianping, et al.. (1990). A Devonian paleomagnetic pole from red beds of the Tarim Block, China. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 95(B12). 19185–19198. 24 indexed citations
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Mankinen, Edward A. & Allan Cox. (1988). Paleomagnetic investigation of some volcanic rocks from the McMurdo volcanic province, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 93(B10). 11599–11612. 21 indexed citations
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Cox, Allan, et al.. (1987). Relative displacement between Eurasia and North America prior to the formation of oceanic crust in the North Atlantic. Tectonophysics. 142(2-4). 111–136. 23 indexed citations
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Silver, Eli A., et al.. (1986). Plate Tectonics: How It Works. Palaios. 1(6). 615–615. 127 indexed citations
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Courtillot, Vincent, et al.. (1985). Franciscan Complex limestone deposited at 24°N. Geology. 13(2). 107–107. 20 indexed citations
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Gordon, Richard G., et al.. (1984). Paleomagnetic Euler poles and the apparent polar wander and absolute motion of North America since the Carboniferous. Tectonics. 3(5). 499–537. 163 indexed citations
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Ben‐Avraham, Zvi, Amos Nur, David Jones, & Allan Cox. (1981). Continental Accretion: From Oceanic Plateaus to Allochthonous Terranes. Science. 213(4503). 47–54. 194 indexed citations
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Gordon, Richard G. & Allan Cox. (1980). Calculating palaeomagnetic poles for oceanic plates. Geophysical Journal International. 63(3). 619–640. 43 indexed citations
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Gordon, Richard G., Michael McWilliams, & Allan Cox. (1979). Pre‐tertiary velocities of the continents: A lower bound from paleomagnetic data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 84(B10). 5480–5486. 39 indexed citations
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Marshall, Monte & Allan Cox. (1972). Magnetic changes in pillow basalt due to sea floor weathering. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 77(32). 6459–6469. 144 indexed citations
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Cox, Allan. (1971). Remanent magnetization and susceptibility of late Cenozoic rocks from New Zealand*. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 14(1). 192–207. 28 indexed citations
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Sclater, John G. & Allan Cox. (1970). Palaeolatitudes from JOIDES Deep Sea Sediment Cores. Nature. 226(5249). 934–935. 7 indexed citations
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Cox, Allan. (1969). Geomagnetic Reversals. Science. 163(3864). 237–245. 357 indexed citations
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Cox, Allan & G. Brent Dalrymple. (1967). Statistical analysis of geomagnetic reversal data and the precision of potassium-argon dating. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 72(10). 2603–2614. 301 indexed citations
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Cox, Allan, David M. Hopkins, & G. Brent Dalrymple. (1966). Geomagnetic Polarity Epochs: Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 77(9). 883–883. 51 indexed citations
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Doell, Richard R. & Allan Cox. (1965). Paleomagnetism of Hawaiian lava flows. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 70(14). 3377–3405. 116 indexed citations
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Cox, Allan & Richard R. Doell. (1964). Long period variations of the geomagnetic field. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 54. 2243–2270. 97 indexed citations
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Cox, Allan & William Stauder. (1964). Geometrical properties of groups of fault plane solutions. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 54(1). 87–104. 1 indexed citations
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Cox, Allan, Richard R. Doell, & G. Brent Dalrymple. (1964). Geomagnetic Polarity Epochs. Science. 143(3604). 351–352. 62 indexed citations
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Cox, Allan, Richard R. Doell, & G. Brent Dalrymple. (1963). Geomagnetic Polarity Epochs and Pleistocene Geochronometry. Nature. 198(4885). 1049–1051. 134 indexed citations

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